Commando 44-77728

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77728

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33124

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1660

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to January 1946

  44-77728 - USAAF (USA)

19 January 1945

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Early 1945

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 807^th AAF Base Unit, Bergstrom AAF, TX.

9 June 1945

Received major damage at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a ground collision.

Pilot: John C. Murphy

While on the ground at Bergstrom AAF, TX, the Commando collided with parked sistership 44-77629 of the same unit. Both airplanes received major damage.

Remained within the continental USA.

  January 1946 to unknown date

  44-77728 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

5 January 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

Fate unknown.